Pont Notre-Dame
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The Pont Notre-Dame is a bridge that crosses the Seine in Paris, France linking the quai de Gesvres on the Rive Droite with the quai de la Corse on the Île de la Cité. The bridge is noted for being th
The Pont Notre-Dame in Paris.
La joute de mariniers entre le pont Notre-Dame et le Pont-au-Change, by Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Raguenet, 1756, clearly shows the houses atop the bridge.
Destruction of the houses on Pont Notre-Dame in 1786, painted by Hubert Robert (1733–1808)
From the pont d'Arcole, a view of the bridge with 5 arches.
Pont Neuf
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The Pont Neuf is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the western point of the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the river that between 250 and 22
Pont Notre-Dame
…is noted for being the "most ancient" in Paris, in the sense that, while the oldest bridge in Paris that is in its original state is undoubtedly the Pont Neuf, a bridge in some form has existed at the site of the Pont Notre-Dame since antiquity; nonetheless, it has been destroyed and reconstructed numerous…
The bridge as seen from the Pont des Arts
Painting of the Pont Neuf project as approved by King Henry III in 1578. The bridge was completed in 1607 with a less ornate design.
The bridge's stonework includes many small fossils
The mascarons, 381 in number, are copies of the Renaissance originals